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We Live Rent Free After Five Years-TAH Compared to Stanford Experiment

| May 19, 2019 | 91 Comments
We Live Rent Free After Five Years-TAH Compared to Stanford Experiment

It appears that after five years, we live rent free in someone’s head. He’s still taking a stab, after all these years, of trying to identify our psychological makeup as individuals and as a group. He is saying that we’re like the Stanford Experiment. This experiment involved people playing roles as security guards and prisoners. […]

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If it weren’t for your Mom….

| May 12, 2019 | 10 Comments
If it weren’t for your Mom….

…. you wouldn’t be here.  You try looking after that many heedless fuzzballs! Geese are well-known for stealing fuzzy babies from each other. There were two other geese off to the right, watching this grouping. Since today is officially Mother’s Day, take a moment and remember the good stuff. Those “I remember when….” stories are […]

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Weekend Open Thread – Remembering Thunderfingers

| May 10, 2019 | 37 Comments
Weekend Open Thread – Remembering Thunderfingers

I once worked with a guy who’d played part-time in a band. His contention – and I’ve heard the same from multiple other sources – was that a rock-n-roll band’s rhythm section (bass/drums) were the true heart and soul of the band. If they were solid, the band would rock; if not, not so much. […]

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Four from the Road

| March 17, 2019 | 6 Comments
Four from the Road

There seems to be nothing new from DPAA this past week in terms of MIA accounting. So here’s something off-topic in place of the usual Sunday “No Longer Missing” article. Longtime readers know I travel a bit. And last month’s trip was a long one – long, as in well over 6,000 mi over a […]

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Mirror, Mirror

| March 12, 2019 | 15 Comments
Mirror, Mirror

In the past, before any of the current screaming, maddening crowds were even a thought form, Joe Stalin attempted to destroy Russia’s heritage, Mao tried to do the same thing in China, and Pol Pot likewise in Cambodia. The difference between then and now is that there was no public online access to anything until […]

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Makin’ Movies of Themselves

| February 9, 2019 | 9 Comments
Makin’ Movies of Themselves

We give Hollywood (and much of the rest of the entertainment industry) well-deserved grief for generally being a bunch of self-centered left-leaning j-holes unconcerned with reality. But that’s hardly unique to today; we’re hardly the first to do so. It’s been obvious for decades. Give this a listen if you like – it was released […]

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Elizabeth Warren apology; better late than never?

| February 7, 2019 | 65 Comments
Elizabeth Warren apology; better late than never?

I must admit that I enjoy watching leftist loons eat each other.   This is not even an apology, it is nothing more than damage control. “Family stories are not the same as tribal citizenship,” Warren said Wednesday, “and this is why I have apologized.  What revolations are next for Dizzy Lizzy?   Any story will do […]

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Accidents Will Happen . . .

| January 13, 2019 | 19 Comments
Accidents Will Happen . . .

. . . and sometimes, they’re good things. Especially when they result in something special. DPAA had nothing new this week. So today, here’s a short “musical interlude” instead. . . . Accidents happen all the time in recording studios. Usually they are edited out during production, but some are deliberately left in place in […]

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